The ruling on one whom the doctors have prevented from fasting due to illness
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Question:
The listener Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Abri from the Sultanate of Oman sent a question, saying: I have a daughter who was afflicted with a disease—may Allah protect you from it—which is kidney failure. She was afflicted with it when she was nine years old. We sent her abroad for treatment, and she also underwent a kidney transplant. This was two years ago. The inquiry now is that she is currently sixteen years old, and at this age, a person must fast. The doctors have prevented her from fasting. What is the Islamic ruling in this case? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
She must fast once she is permitted to fast, meaning when fasting will no longer harm her. However, if the doctors determine that fasting will harm her permanently, she must feed one poor person for each day, and no fasting is required of her, just as with a sick person whose recovery is not expected, an old man who cannot fast, or an old woman who cannot fast. Each of them must feed one poor person for each day. If he is able, he should gather half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) and give it to some of the poor at the beginning of the month, or at the end, or in the middle. And praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah bless you. So, if the doctors say: "Do not fast," she must refrain from fasting?
The Shaykh : Yes, but if it is limited, she refrains and then makes up the fasts. However, if it is permanent, she must feed one poor person for each day, every month, whenever Ramadan comes. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
The listener Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Abri from the Sultanate of Oman sent a question, saying: I have a daughter who was afflicted with a disease—may Allah protect you from it—which is kidney failure. She was afflicted with it when she was nine years old. We sent her abroad for treatment, and she also underwent a kidney transplant. This was two years ago. The inquiry now is that she is currently sixteen years old, and at this age, a person must fast. The doctors have prevented her from fasting. What is the Islamic ruling in this case? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
She must fast once she is permitted to fast, meaning when fasting will no longer harm her. However, if the doctors determine that fasting will harm her permanently, she must feed one poor person for each day, and no fasting is required of her, just as with a sick person whose recovery is not expected, an old man who cannot fast, or an old woman who cannot fast. Each of them must feed one poor person for each day. If he is able, he should gather half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) and give it to some of the poor at the beginning of the month, or at the end, or in the middle. And praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah bless you. So, if the doctors say: "Do not fast," she must refrain from fasting?
The Shaykh : Yes, but if it is limited, she refrains and then makes up the fasts. However, if it is permanent, she must feed one poor person for each day, every month, whenever Ramadan comes. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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